In the Grasp of the Devil

Beware halflings bearing mental imprints...

Book II of the Collins Family Trilogy.

Amy Collins has cleared every hurdle to reclaim her biological identity in spite of her father's attempts to destroy her mind, and she's almost completed training to take over the role of leadership of the family from her uncle Jonathan. She even manages to handle her first test as a trainer with flying colors when she tames Judy Daley, Morgan's ultra-spoiled granddaughter.

Then Amy is summoned to England for a meeting with clan leader Stephen Collins, who is prepared to turn leadership of his family over to her. The catch? He's also dumping his worst problem in her lap: his family slayer daughter, Katherine.

While Amy recovers from multiple mental imprints in Sheffield, mage Miguel Ramos is fulfilling his destiny by murdering his former boss, Dory Taylor, and the rest of the American Collins are left reeling by one crisis after another. Amy's daughter Cora struggles to keep everyone from falling apart, but she's near the limits of her sanity too.

Can Amy find the strength to assimilate multiple personalities, rebuild her family and keep Miguel from killing himself? Will she be able to resist the daemonic visions sent by Lucien, and channeled through her álfr mentor, Jarred? Or will the strain of dealing with this flood of crises break her?